I can't imagine what's the matter with that woman.

She's getting dreadful careless about her clothes.

Next time I met her she wore that same dress, splash an' all! 'Tisn't as if she hadn't plenty of new things,--more than they can afford, if what folks say is true.

You haven't met Mrs.Coombe yet, have you, Doctor ?" "She is away from home." "Well, when you do meet her you'll see what I mean, or like as not you won't, being a man.

Men never seem to see anything wrong with Mary Coombe.